Legislative, 1959 - 1977
Scope and Contents
The series consists of correspondence, research, bills, reports, and miscellaneous materials pertaining to legislative issues, with the exception of those handled by Fong’s committees. At the beginning of processing the collection, much of this material was unlabeled and disorganized. The Fong office staff used several differing filing systems to organize their legislative work at different times over the years. The system that seemed most prevalent was to file material by the name of the Cabinet department with jurisdiction over the subject matter. This system became the framework used for the final arrangement of the Legislative series. In the context of the Legislative series, “General” refers to unsorted material; “Miscellaneous” refers to files that have been sorted and given descriptive labels, but do not necessarily belong to a particular subseries or sub-subseries.
Of particular importance in the Legislative series is the Hawaii subseries, which contains material having to do with Hawaii’s admission as a state, its state government, and its relationship to the federal government. Some of this material covers the closely connected issues of Land Use and Hawaiian Native Claims, as Native Hawaiian groups lobbied for renewed control over ancestral lands. Related material about the large military presence in the state is located in Armed Services-Hawaii Installations. The Labor subseries also features material particularly relevant to Hawaii in its coverage of shipping strikes. Information on the East-West Center at the University of Hawaii is located at Hawaii-State Government-University of Hawaii.
Information on China and Taiwan in the Foreign Relations subseries reflects Fong’s strong interest in the subject and includes a folder of material pertaining to Chiang Kai-Shek. Related material is also located in Office-Trip Files and Office-Correspondence-VIP.
Dates
- Creation: 1959 - 1977
Conditions Governing Access
Material with personal information may be redacted by the Archives staff. Some fragile items may need to be handled by the staff only. Use of audiovisual material may require the production of listening or viewing copies. Records in the Case Files series as well as the Family and Household subseries within the Personal series are restricted except by permission of the Congressional Papers Archivist.
The Hawaiʻi Congressional Papers Collection is accessible in the University Archives and Manuscripts Department's John Troup Moir, Jr., and Gertrude M.F. Moir Archives Reading Room. For more information, please contact the Congressional Papers Archivist by email: archives@hawaii.edu, or phone: 808-956-6047.
Extent
163 Cubic Feet (163 boxes)
Arrangement
Abortion [see also Committees-Judiciary-Constitutional Amendments] Agriculture [see also Environmental-EPA-Agricultural Relations] (Animals and Animal Products) Department of Agriculture (USDA) (Food Supply and Grain) (Hawaii Crops) Armed Serices [see also Casework] Air Force Army Corps of Engineers [see also Grants and Projects] Coast Guard Defense Draft (Foreign Involvement) [see also Foreign Relations-Vietnam/Cambodia] Hawaii Installations [see also Hawaii Land Use] (Manpower) Military Construction Pay Veterans Banking Bicentennial Budget [see also Committees-Appropriations] Commerce Communications Consumer Affairs Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Foreign Trade [see also Foreign Relations] Freight Shipping [see also Labor-Strikes] Oceans [see also Interior-Fish and Wildlife] Small Business Economy Cost of Living Council Inflation Energy (Alternative Energy) [see also Environment] Conservation Energy Crisis (Gasoline) (Mining) Natural Gas (Nuclear Enery) Oil Petroleum (Policy and Councils) (Research and Development) Environment [see also Interior] Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Pollution Finance Internal Revenue Service (IRS) (Retirement Plans) [see also Labor-Pensions] (Taxation) Foreign Relations (Africa) (Americas) (Asia Pacific) China/Taiwan (Cold War) Foreign Aid (International Cooperation) Middle East State Department United Nations Vietnam/ Cambodia [see also Armed Services-Draft and Armed Services-Foreign Inv.] Government Operations Campaign Election Reform [see also Committes-Judiciary-Constitutional Amendments and Rights-Presidential Election Reform] Congress District of Columbia General Services Administration (GSA) Interovernmental Relations Reorganization Revenue Sharing Hawaii Hawaiian Native Claims (Island of Hawaii) Land Use [see also Armed Services-Hawaii Installations] State Government Statehood (Tourism) [see also Commerce] Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) Education Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Health Social Security [see also Committees-Aging] Welfare Housing Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Interior [see also Environment] Fish and Wildlife [see also Commerce-Oceans] Indian Affairs Land and Water Management National Parks Service Territories Labor (Manpower) Occupational Safety and Health Pensions [see also Legislative-HEW-Social Security] Strikes Unemployment Unions Wages National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) National Foundation for the Arts National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO) Transportation Aviation Highways Mass Transit Public Roads General Correspondence
Repository Details
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